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Beginning to Migrate (some) Content to the NEW Doug Alone

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  Beginning to Migrate (some) Content to the NEW Doug Alone I have had the idea since early on in this blog to possibly move it from this sort of hosted/third-party set-up to something more owned by me. This past week, I started to make this a reality: https://www.dougalone.com There are a lot of reasons behind this but let us start with caveat. I have exactly one real complaint about Blogger/Blogger and otherwise most of the decisions are about my creative process itself.  The One Real Complaint The newer Blogger themes tend to be plenty responsive as they are but there is still some degree of back-end handling that tries to serve up a "mobile-friendly" version of the page [note, this is based on looking into the errors and messages sent, I could be wrong]. This is the exact same page but Google, itself, treats this as a website trying to share multiple copies of the same content and basically passes this off as a reason to not index the site.  After over a year of havin...
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The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont, Episode 15 - Meetings

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    Reader Options/Controls "Previously..." and Campaign/Arc Summary Another Lore-ish One The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont Episode 15 — Meetings The Adventures of Neon Foster and the Spaceman The Witch and Her Iguana Doug's Commentary Credits ← Previous Arc Session |[ ↑ Arc/Campaign Page ]| Next Arc Session → Hide Prep Phases Hide Notes/Commentary Hide Game Mechanics Sections Previously, on The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont Eustace Delmont has returned, now with the ability to fly. As Genny, Varvara, and Jones begin preparations to assault one of the Patel strongholds to put an end to the cabal's plans — Roman Patel being the only primary member still in power — Eustace and Hitomi have gone back into the heart of the GLOW. He has a need for allies and has a couple of people in mind. About The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont Eustace Delmont is a psychic on th...
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The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont, Episode 14 - Crow Boy Meets Hacker Girl (Again)

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    ← Previous Arc Session |[ ↑ Arc/Campaign Page ]| Next Arc Session → Hide Prep Phases Hide Notes/Commentary Hide Game Mechanics Sections "Previously..." and Campaign/Arc Summary The Doug Alone Returns The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont, Episode 14 — Crow Boy Meets Hacker Girl (Again) Wild Goose Chase Crow Boy Returns Doug's Commentary Credits Previously, on The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont Hitomi, Genny, Jones, and Varvara have infiltrated the Moonblink. Only things are not what was expected. Rather than a high-tech party ship, it has minimal protection and a host of pretend people. What is secret that Dave Akari has been hiding from the world? At the same time, the reborn Eustace Delmont — now dubbed "Witch-King" — is starting to gather allies to help protect not only the Order but possibly others from the worst case scenario: The GLOW spreading to cover the wor...
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Small Update: Doug Alone Will Return May 9

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  A Short Hiatus It is nothing too worrisome, but the Doug Alone actual plays will be delayed for three weeks. We are reaching the end of the Spring 2025 semester. As an academic librarian, there are a lot of final tasks before finals and then finals. I have usability studies and updates and various things to work on. This year has a particular flavor of expediency, but more on that on some future date.  I am still playing through The GLOW and Larsson the Maudlin but I'll just post-date those. Gives me more time to break up sessions into half-hour bits and play though in the short bursts of time I have mental (and physical) energy to be creative. Larsson is most likely about to be converted to Advanced Fighting Fantasy  while a Larsson clone - we'll call him Darling, maybe - might continue the D100 Dungeon  route.  My hope is generate a week or two's worth of content in those three weeks so when I do return I have a bit of a build up which always helps me to s...
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Larsson the Maudlin, Quest 3: Tyren Needs some Armor [D100 Dungeon] [Recap]

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Another dive into the same dungeon. I'll keep most of this post short. You can skip to the bottom to see the link to the playthrough notes. I am going to experiment with ways to display those effectively just straight into the blog next time around [and if it doesn't work, expect more of the same]. We'll introduce a bit of lore and then talk about the two most significant fights but overall these training quests are just warming up. Tyren, Dale, and Roker Hatch a Plan As the month swung later, Tyren Maud could not help but note that Larsson "The Maudlin" was starting to simply become Larsson Maud. Lars' sighing depression and swinging of sticks around as a poor substitute for a real sword has dwindled. In fact, he has been carrying around his axe and trying to get volunteers for the reforming a night watch. Not that Fairhope needs such a thing, but it does not do to discourage your young cousin too much. And so, Tyren called upon Dale...
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The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont, Episode 13 - Moonblink

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← Previous Arc Session |[ ↑ Arc/Campaign Page ]| Next Arc Session → Hide Prep Phases Hide Notes/Commentary     "Previously..." and Campaign/Arc Summary The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont Episode 13 — Moonblink Getting the Green Lady up and Running Green Lady vs the Two Blues Twenty Mannequins in a Line Doug's Commentary Mechanical and Story Notes Credits Taxonomy and Technical Data Previously, on The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont After a fight in a scrapyard, the team has gotten the pieces to fix the Green Lady. Elsewhere, Eustace has returned to Earth and is attempting to regain control of his own destiny. About The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont Eustace Delmont is a psychic on the cusp of "graduating" into a full-blow Field Psychic. He requests his right to Walk, a brief period of freedom to encourage psychics to see the other side o...
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